What happened to my stats??

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  jenniferkellandperry · Member · May 17, 2012 at 12:14 pm

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  Hi…I published a new post yesterday evening, got nine likes and two new followers, but only one view showing in my stats for yesterday and none for today! What happened?

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  roughseasinthemed · Member · May 17, 2012 at 12:25 pm

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  I think I have read somewhere that if people click on like through reader without actually clicking on your blog that it doesn’t show on stats. No doubt someone will correct me if I misread elsewhere.

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  roughseasinthemed · Member · May 17, 2012 at 12:27 pm

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  I just visited and clicked on like, has it made any difference?

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  jenniferkellandperry · Member · May 17, 2012 at 12:31 pm

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  Well, it looks like this morning’s stats are now showing (7), but is there any way to get last night’s back? Thank you.

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  jenniferkellandperry · Member · May 17, 2012 at 12:33 pm

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  Ok, I wasn’t aware of the reader thing. Sounds like that should count in your stats too. Thank you for helping me so promptly!

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  roughseasinthemed · Member · May 17, 2012 at 12:36 pm

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  I’ll let someone else come back. I may be wrong. But if you didn’t understand what I wrote, there are no stats to get back. If people clicked on ‘like’ within reader, rather than your blog, then, as I remember that is not counted as a visit to your blog.

  I have no idea if how you have your timeclock set affects that either. Anyways, clever people will answer soon.

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  westerner54 · Member · May 17, 2012 at 7:22 pm

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  I have the same question, but I’m not sure I understand roughseas’ answer. If I’ve posted in “Nature” for example, and someone sees the blog there and clicks on it – that isn’t counted as a hit? Don’t think I ever noticed this problem with my first blog, but with my second one it is definitely strange to have people liking and becoming followers, but still have 0 hits. Not the end of the world, I guess…

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  timethief · Member · May 17, 2012 at 7:26 pm

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  WordPress.com stats are page view stats. Unless the person actually clicks into your post there is no stat created. There are several different ways that readers can start following your blog.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/following/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/followers/

  A follower can click the “like” button when viewing your posts in the Readomatic reader on the home page of WordPress.com without visiting your blog or the Topic surfer. An email subscriber can click the “like” button in the email they receive of your new posts without visiting your blog. I choose to set my RSS Feed to summary on this page > Settings > Reading and that compels my readers to click in and read the whole post on my blogs. Read more here > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/more-likes/

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  timethief · Member · May 17, 2012 at 7:29 pm

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  Here’s the link for site stats documentation.

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  jenniferkellandperry · Member · May 17, 2012 at 8:06 pm

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  Thank you all so much for your tips and comments. I now have a better handle on this topic.

  Jennifer

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  timethief · Member · May 17, 2012 at 8:14 pm

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  @jenniferkellandperry
  You’re welcome from me and best wishes with your blog. :)